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Book of Challenges

Around 2002 Wizards of the Coast produced a little book called "Book of Challenges". It was just a book full of puzzles and encounters that could be dropped into a game. I am starting a little project of creating the virtual maps to go with some of those challenges. This first one was titled "Pool of Endless Froglings" I also worked up the puzzle piece that is embedded into each of the four doors in the room. If you have the book this might be useful, if not the maps can still be used for other things. Feedback welcome.